Dwyane Wade to Return February 20th Versus Knicks

Dwyane Wade has missed the last 6 games for the Heat and will miss his 7th straight game versus the Cavaliers, although he did travel with the team to Cleveland on Tuesday. According to Dwyane Wade himself, he will play on February 20th versus the New York Knicks which is the first game for the Heat after the NBA All-Star break.

Dwyane Wade confirmed today that he remains in target to play February 20th against the Knicks.

Wade also went into detial on why he won’t play tonight versus the Cavaliers, even though he said he could play.

“Coming in here, playing this game, a very emotional game, you might try to do a little too much.”

“So I didn’t want to have any kind of setbacks or anything.”

“I felt like I could’ve played, but it wasn’t the smartest thing to do,” Wade said. “I look forward to after the break, coming back for the guys, getting a practice [Next] Wednesday and Thursday and getting ready to play Friday, just getting ready to understand the last 30 games, we’ve got some good some basketball we have to play if we want to play further, in April and May.”

“It’s weird how things work themselves out,” he said. “The first time, with my left hamstring, I missed seven games and my first game back was in the Garden. This time I miss seven games, and my first game back will be at the Garden. So it’s weird how things work out, but hopefully we have the same results and that’s a win.”

Wade is currently 2nd on the Heat in point average and 1st in assists per game average.